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Dr. Raluca Csernatoni is fellow at Carnegie Europe, working on European security and defence, with a focus on emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) like Artificial Intelligence (AI). At Carnegie Europe, she is also a team leader and senior policy expert on new technologies for the EU-funded project, ‘EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative - EU Cyber Direct (EUCD)’ and leads Carnegie Europe’s research project on ‘The EU’s Techno-Politics of AI’ funded by the McGovern AI Grant.
Csernatoni is currently a professor on European Security and Defence with the Brussels School of Governance (BSoG) and its Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy (CSDS), at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium. At the CSDS, she is a senior research expert on digital technologies in the context of the EU-funded project, ‘Indo-Pacific-European Hub for Digital Partnerships: Trusted Digital Technologies for Sustainable Well-Being’ (INPACE). She also co-leads the Flemish Research Council (FWO) Research Network on ‘Technology, Security and Conflict’ (2024 -2029).
Since 2022, Csernatoni has been invited to join as a visiting faculty on European security, new technologies, and high-tech warfare, at the Department of International Relations of Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, Austria. She is also a co-leader of the ‘Governance of Emerging Technology’ Research Group with the Centre on Security and Crisis Governance (CRITIC) at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Canada.
Previously, Csernatoni was a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer with the Department of International Relations of the Institute of Political Studies (IPS) at Charles University in Prague, Czechia. Csernatoni holds a PhD and master’s degree in international relations from Central European University. She has conducted research on the EU’s security, defence, and technology policies at the Faculté des Sciences Sociales et Politiques of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), at the Belgian Royal Higher Institute for Defence’ (RHID) and its Centre for Security and Defence Studies (CSDS), and at the International Security Information Service - Europe in Brussels. She was also a research fellow with the Study Program on European Security (SPES) at the Institute for European Politics (IEP) in Berlin, Germany.
Her published work appeared in academic journals such as Geopolitics, European Foreign Affairs Review, European Security, Critical Military Studies, Global Affairs, and European View. Her co-edited book, Emerging Security Technologies and EU Governance: Actors, Practices and Processes, was published with the Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Technology Series in 2020. She has authored numerous book chapters, policy analysis articles, long reports, op-eds, and commentary pieces on the EU’s defence, technological, digital, and cyber initiatives, as well as the innovation and governance of EDTs such as AI.
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Europe’s digital future cannot hinge on Washington’s whims or the outcome of elections every four years. To achieve a level of technological autonomy, Europe needs targeted investments and responsible innovation in key sectors.
In response to great-power rivalry and the weaponization of interdependence, the EU has adopted a geopolitical approach to economic statecraft. To build resilience and maintain its international credibility, the union will have to balance its pursuit of economic security with broader foreign policy goals.
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- Rosa Balfour,
- Eugenia Baroncelli,
- Lizza Bomassi,
- Raluca Csernatoni,
- Andreas Goldthau,
- Giovanni Grevi,
- Catherine Hoeffler,
- Erik Jones,
- Pavi Prakash Nair,
- Sinan Ülgen,
- Richard Youngs
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The race to regulate AI has produced a complex web of competing initiatives, including high-profile summits. To develop a coherent and effective AI governance framework, the global community must move from symbolic gestures to enforceable commitments.
The lack of an international governance framework for military AI poses risks to global security. The EU should spearhead an inclusive initiative to set global standards and ensure the responsible use of AI in warfare.
Great powers around the world have entered a race for AI supremacy. In the EU, the United States, China, and India, policymakers are putting forward competing frameworks to regulate AI globally while trying to achieve technological superiority.
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- Joanna Bryson,
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- J.P. Singh,
- Hadrien Pouget
The United States and China are engaged in a fierce contest to establish technological supremacy and set international norms in key domains, from AI to drones. The European Union has joined this race, too.
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- Dan Baer,
- Raluca Csernatoni,
- Jessica Dorsey,
- Marijn Hoijtink,
- Chantal Lavallée,
- Bruno Oliveira Martins
Amid a global race for AI supremacy, the EU seeks to set a gold standard for AI regulation and maintain a technological edge. Doing so will require navigating a crowded landscape characterized by state and corporate competition and a fragmented regulatory regime complex.
Russia’s war against Ukraine has prompted Romania to modernize its military structure. The country should invest in its booming IT sector, in line with the EU’s focus on emerging technologies and cyber capabilities.
State and corporate competition threatens responsible AI practices and safety regulations. The EU will have to navigate these rivalries while staying committed to a values-based AI governance.
Against the backdrop of geopolitical rivalries and the rising impact of emerging and disruptive technologies, the EU must maintain its competitive edge. It needs to deliver concrete project results to bolster its technological leadership in the global arena.